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BOOK REVIEWS 
E AMERICAN ENVIRONMENT: Readings in the History of Conserva- 
1. Edited by Roderick Nash. Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., Reading, 
ss., 1968. $2.95. 236 pages. Paperback. 
acern for the land and wildlife did not start with this century: In 1626 
-Plymouth Colony passed ordinances regulating the cutting of timber on 
ony lands. George Catlin proposed a national park in 1832, but it took 
ther four decades before his dream was to become Yellowstone National 
‘’k. “The American Environment” is a collection of essays and readings 
itten by some of the most famous names in the history of outdoor con- 
vation—Thoreau, Pinchot, Teddy Roosevelt, John Muir, Aldo Leopold, 
ehel Carson, and Stewart Udall. Thirty-two writers are represented. It 
sood to look back: it gives us inspiration for the future. 
—Raymond Mostek 
RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES AT HYDROELECTRIC PROJECTS 
LICENSED BY THE FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION. 
rice $1.50 from Sup’t of Documents, Government Printing Office, 
Washington 20402. Cat. No. FP 1.2:R 24/1969. 
e Federal Power Commission has just issued—for the first time—a com- 
te, 76-page summary of the 515 reservoir-lakes and the more than 6,200 
reational facilities maintained for use of the American public at hydro- 
etric power projects licensed by the FPC. This new guide contains some 
photographs of activities at licensed projects, together with 24 sectional 
ps in color which show highway routes to 5,200 public access areas. 
The matching map-keyed pages list recreational facilities available at 
h project. These include swimming and boating, canoe portage trails, 
d and warm-water fishing, nature trails, visitor centers, lodgings, play- 
unds, hiking and riding trails, camping, etc. Additionally, a directory of 
yject-owners is included for the purpose of allowing direct personal con- 
t for answers to special questions. 
TURAL AREAS IN INDIANA AND THEIR PRESERVATION, by Alton 
idsey, Damian Schmelz, and Stanley Nichols. Published by Indiana 
tural Areas Survey, Purdue University, 1969. Hardbound, 594 pages. 
is exhaustive study, made possible by a grant from the Ford Foundation, 
cribes 162 natural areas in the state of Indiana, and is an invaluable 
erence work for anyone planning a trip to our neighboring state. The 
in geologic features of each area are well-described; dominant plant 
i animal species are listed, as well as any rarities for which a certain 
ice may be famous. 
The first section of the volume contains much useful information on the 
rious geologic and floristic features of the eight, main divisions of the 
